LATINBIZ / THE LATIN BUSINESS CLUB OF AMERICA TO HONOR 13 EXTRAORDINARY SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN WITH ITS 2011 WOMEN OF VIRTUE AND ALBA AWARDS

WHEN: Friday, October 14th, 2011, at 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

[Registration begins at 11:30 am]

WHERE: Coral Gables Country Club, 990 Alhambra Circle

HONOREES:

ALBA AWARD:Esther Tellechea. As Executive Director of Hispanic AIDS Awareness Program (HAAP), she has been instrumental in HIV/AIDS education in Florida for over 23 years, developing educational training sessions, outreach material, and information to raise awareness about the threat of HIV/AIDS in the Hispanic and Spanish-speaking communities throughout Florida. HAAP is sponsored by the Florida Department of Health Bureau of HIV/AIDS and its mission is to provide education and facilitate the open exchange of information to help prevent HIV infections and improve the lives of those affected and infected by STDs/HIV/AIDS. The educational materials developed by Esther and her collaborators are utilized throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and South and Central America, and a major prevention campaign was honored by an EMMY nomination.

WOMEN OF VIRTUE:Reyna Aday, Smoking Cessation Specialist at Miami-Dade Area Health Education Center (AHEC); Dominique Barba, Doral Community Coalition Education Chair – Barrod Consulting Director; Jennifer Diaz, Becker and Poliakoff-Attorney at Law – President of Organization of Women in International Trade South Florida Chapter (OWIT); Olga Hasbun, Founder of VIP Associates & Co.; Linda Kubie, President of The Perfect Food; Nancy Mathews, CEO and Co-Founder of Women’s Prosperity Network; Coralee Penabad, COO of Hellinger Penabad Companies; Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, Economic Developer of the City of Doral; Gloria P. Ruiz, Professor and Director of the Institute for Communication, Entertainment, & Media at St. Thomas University; Maricarmen Sega, President of Peruvian American Chamber of Commerce of South Florida; Kimberly Shenker-Bacardi, Founder of Kim’s Good Karma Group; and Beatriz Torrente, President of Resume Again.

COST:Tickets are $50 per person. Each ticket sold will buy a Thanksgiving meal for the hungry and homeless at the Miami Rescue Mission.